Pants-presser.



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PATENTED MAR. 31, 1908.

o. A. NELSON.

PANTS PRESSER.

APPLIUATION FILED NOV. Z6, 1907.

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atmung- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLYDE A. NELSON, OF CRISTOBAL, PANAMA.

PANTS-PRESSER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLYDE A. NELSON, a citizen of United States,residing at Cristobal, Canal Zone, Isthmus of Panama, have invented newand useful Improvements in Pants-Pressers, of which the following is aspeciiication.

This invention relates to stretchers for trousers, and has for itsobjects to provide a device of this character which will effectivelycrease, press and stretch a pair of trousers at a single Operation.

A further object of the invention is.to provide a trousers stretchercomposed of few parts and. is of an extremely simple and durableconstruction.

To these and other ends the invention resides in the novel constructionof elements and their assemblage in operative combination, as willhereinafter be fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention, showingthe same in operative position upon af pair of trousers. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of one of the clampin members. Fig. 3 is an enlargedsectiona view taken upon the line 3 3 Of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similarview showing the parts in an Open position. Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of one of the spring clamps, and Fig. 6 is a crosssectional view of one of the clamps showing its connection to aseparating plate.

As illustrated in the drawings, my 1mproved trouser stretcher comprisesa pair of clamping members, each constituting a pair of clamping bars 1,hingedly connected together through the medium of aseries of springclamps 2. The spring clamps 2 are provided with handles 3 and with theseparating plate 4 which is bolted or otherwise rigidly secured to thespring clamps and which extends the entire length of the stretcher andis adapted to'lie normally between a pair of clamping bars 1 of thestretcher. Pivotally mounted upon each of the clampe ing bars 1, of oneof the clamping members is a series of stretcher bars 5 which areadapted to lie in an angular relation with the clamping bars of theother clamping member of the stretcher.

As shown by Fig. 5 the spring clamp 2 is composed of a single elementconstituting a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. November 26, 1907.

Patented March 31, 1,908.

Serial No. 403,882.

substantially cylindrical body provided with inturned edges, by whichlit is secured to the clamping bars 1. The spring clamps Iare alsoprovided with suitable openin s 6 for the reception of handles 3, eachof w ich has one of its free ends provided with suitable orifices forthe bolts or retaining members 7, by which it is connected to theinturned edges of the spring clamps and to the clamping bars 1.

The clamping bars 1 are provided with suitable screw eyes 8 by which thedevice may be suspended.

The operation of the stretcher is as follows: The handles 3 of thespring clamps are pressed together thus opening the clamping bars 1 ofeach of the clamping members and a pair of trousers is inserted betweenthe clamping bars l, each leg of the trousers occupying a position oneither side of the sepa-r rating plate 4. The pivoted stretcher bars 5are thenk rotated upon their pivots against the opposite clampingmember, thus forcing the two clamping members apart and eectivelystretching the trouser legs. The spring clamps bearing against theclamping bars 1 press the latter tightly against the edges of thetrousers thus effecting a substantial crease in the trousers.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. In a trouser stretcher, a pair of clamping members, each comprising apair of clamping bars hingedly secured together by a series of springclamps, a separating plate secured to each of the spring clamps andadapted to lie normally between the clamp- 'ing bars, and a series ofpivoted stretcher bars upon one pair of the clamping bars.

2. In a trouser stretcher, a pair of clamping members, each comprising apair of clamping bars hingedly secured together by a series of springclamps, a separating plate secured to each of the spring clamps, a pairof handles upon the clamps and a series of pivoted stretcher bars uponone pair of the clamping bars.

In testimony whereof I aIiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OLYDE A. NELSON.

Witnesses:

HOWARD FERGUSON, R. A. FREDERIOKS.

